Strategic Insights into Banking & Fintech

OMB Bank in Missouri forms embedded finance division

OMB Bank in Missouri forms embedded finance division

OMB Bank in Springfield, Mo., has created an embedded finance division. The $1.4 billion-asset bank said that OMBX will offer banking solutions to fintechs and other digital companies. The platform will include compliance support, fraud prevention, payment processing, and analytics tools. “Embedded finance is revolutionizing the way businesses and consumers interact with banking services," Steve Bishop, the bank's chief innovation officer and the division's president, said in the release. "With

February 5, 2025
Fed releases Wells Fargo from 2011 consent orders

Fed releases Wells Fargo from 2011 consent orders

The Federal Reserve has freed Wells Fargo in San Francisco from a pair of consent orders. The orders, levied on the $1.9 trillion-asset company in 2011, involved past mortgage servicing activities and the legacy Wells Fargo Financial business. One order address claimed that Wells and nine other institutions had engaged in a pattern of misconduct and negligence tied to their residential mortgage loan servicing and foreclosure processing businesses. The other

February 5, 2025
nCino selects insider as next president and CEO

nCino selects insider as next president and CEO

Technology company nCino has a new leader. The company said in a press release that Sean Desmond had become its president and CEO and had joined its board. Desmond, who was chief product officer, succeeded Pierre Naudé, who will remain executive chairman. “After a thoughtful board-led succession planning process and robust search that thoroughly assessed a large and diverse pool of external and internal candidates, we are confident Sean is

February 4, 2025
Santander has new U.S. CEO

Santander has new U.S. CEO

Santander has a new CEO at its U.S. bank. Ana Botin, the bank's executive chair, wrote in a LinkedIn post that Christiana Riley had taken on the role, succeeding Tim Wennes. Wennes did “an outstanding job in transforming Santander US and laying the foundations for continued growth and success,” Botin wrote, adding that Wennes had “decided that now is the right time to pursue other opportunities.” Riley, Santander's regional head

February 3, 2025
General Motors resubmits application to receive deposit insurance

General Motors resubmits application to receive deposit insurance

General Motors Financial resubmitted its paperwork to form an industrial bank and to receive deposit insurance less than a year after withdrawing its previous application. The new application for GM Financial Bank was filed with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. on Jan. 31. The proposed bank "will directly support our business model by providing stable, cost-effective funding," Dan Berce, GM Financial's president and CEO, said in a press release. "The

February 3, 2025
First National Bank of Pasco in Florida has new CEO

First National Bank of Pasco in Florida has new CEO

Florida Bancshares in Dade City has a new CEO. The parent of the $321 million-asset First National Bank of Pasco said on LinkedIn that John Zazzera had also become its president following a nationwide search. "John is the ideal leader to steer our organization into the future and match a shared commitment to excellence that resonates deeply with our organizational values," the company said in its post. "With a proven

January 31, 2025
First Savings in Ind. shifts strategy for home equity lines of credit

First Savings in Ind. shifts strategy for home equity lines of credit

First Savings Financial Group in Jeffersonville, Ind., sold a large pool of home equity lines of credit as it shifted its strategy for those originations. The $2.4 billion-asset company said in a press release that it sold $87.2 million of home equity lines of credit in the final quarter of 2024 for a net gain of $2.5 million. The sale also contributed to the decision to record a $490,000 reversal

January 31, 2025
FB Bancorp logs goodwill impairment tied to sluggish mortgage market

FB Bancorp logs goodwill impairment tied to sluggish mortgage market

FB Bancorp in New Orleans warned that it will record a $5.8 million goodwill impairment charge tied to a decade-old acquisition. The $1.4 billion-asset company disclosed in a regulatory filing that it recorded the noncash charge after conducting periodic testing of goodwill impairment. The review took into account a decrease in mortgage origination volume due to elevated interest rates. The goodwill was established in January 2014 as part of the

January 30, 2025